Buhari Directs All Aides, Officials To Declare Assets

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, in Abuja, ordered all outgoing elected and appointed government officials under him to declare their assets.

“Nobody is excluded from declaring their assets. I expect everyone from the Vice President downwards to follow the system,” The President said when he received his assets declaration form from the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Prof. Isah Mohammed, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Friday titled ‘President Buhari receives assets declaration form, directs all outgoing officials to do the same.’

According to Buhari, his strict adherence to the constitutional requirement of assets declaration before and after taking office is to strengthen best practices, raise moral standards in Public Service, help to build integrity and combat corruption.

Therefore, he directed all outgoing officials, elected and appointed from the Vice President downwards must collect the assets declaration form, fill and return it as he has done.

He said “I signed, collected and acknowledged receiving my form. From here, I will ask my bank Manager in Kaduna to show me what has gone in and out of my account.

“Nobody is excluded from declaring their assets. I expected everyone from the Vice President downwards to follow the system.”